Around the Majors: Yankees sign Dotel
1) The Yankees signed free agent P Octavio Dotel to a 1 year, $2 million contract.
Dotel had Tommy John surgery in May.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 19 2.48 76 0 87 97 10.03 9.00 6 4 4 7 3 Astros 2004 30 8 3.69 77 0 85.1 122 12.87 11.07 6 6 36 7 5 Astros/A's 2005 31 2 3.52 15 0 15.1 16 9.39 12.33 1 2 7 2 1 A's CAREER 62 3.63 381 34 600.1 725 10.87 11.23 37 31 71 42 26 LG AVG 0 4.42 600.1 449 6.73 12.98 34 34
2) The Nationals signed free agent P Ramon Ortiz ($2.5 million) and re-signed free agent P Tony Armas ($2.1 million) to 1 year contracts.
ORTIZ YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 30 -20 5.20 32 32 180 94 4.70 14.20 16 13 0 12 17 Angels 2004 31 2 4.43 34 14 128 82 5.77 12.73 5 7 0 6 6 Angels 2005 32 -16 5.36 30 30 171.1 96 5.04 13.87 9 11 0 8 12 Reds CAREER -21 4.72 187 167 1065 686 5.80 12.94 68 60 0 61 67 LG AVG 0 4.53 1065 751 6.34 13.02 60 60
Ortiz had the 4th worst HR vs. the league average in Reds history in 2005–
HOMERUNS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE RSAA 1 Eric Milton 2005 -19 40 21 -41 2 Tom Browning 1988 -18 36 18 6 3 Bill Gullickson 1987 -16 33 17 -11 4 Ramon Ortiz 2005 -15 34 19 -16 T5 Sammy Ellis 1966 -14 35 21 -26 T5 Rob Bell 2000 -14 32 18 0 T5 Jack Armstrong 1991 -14 25 11 -22 T8 Tom Browning 1991 -13 32 19 -4 T8 Gary Nolan 1976 -13 28 15 3 10 Tom Seaver 1980 -12 24 12 1
He also holds the Angels career record in that department–
HOMERUNS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE RSAA 1 Ramon Ortiz -24 136 112 -5 2 Don Sutton -23 75 52 2 3 Dennis Springer -19 56 37 -15 4 Shawn Boskie -17 56 39 -22 5 Chris Knapp -15 51 36 -55 T6 Allen Watson -13 49 36 -17 T6 John Farrell -13 24 11 -34 T6 Russ Springer -13 31 18 -29 T6 Jim Slaton -13 53 40 -35 T6 Willie Fraser -13 69 56 -15 ARMAS YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 9 2.61 5 5 31 23 6.68 9.87 2 1 0 2 1 Expos 2004 26 -6 4.88 16 16 72 54 6.75 14.38 2 4 0 3 3 Expos 2005 27 -12 4.97 19 19 101.1 59 5.24 14.12 7 7 0 6 8 Nationals CAREER 5 4.32 121 121 666.1 504 6.81 12.97 39 48 0 44 43 LG AVG 0 4.31 666.1 503 6.79 12.82 37 37
3) The Marlins signed free agents INF Pokey Reese (about $800,000) and P Joe Borowski to 1 year contracts.
Reese missed the entire 2005 season.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 29 -11 .330 .352 .681 .415 4.40 .264 4 50 12 119 Pirates 2003 30 -8 .271 .262 .533 .238 2.70 .215 1 12 6 37 Pirates 2004 31 -21 .271 .303 .574 .209 2.65 .221 3 29 6 96 Red Sox CAR -126 .307 .352 .659 .351 3.95 .248 44 271 144 856 LG AVG 0 .344 .436 .780 .500 5.31 .271 96 398 58 POS AVG -45 .337 .403 .739 .447 4.79 .272 61 317 72 BOROWSKI YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 32 12 2.63 68 0 68.1 66 8.69 9.61 2 2 33 3 1 Cubs 2004 33 -8 8.02 22 0 21.1 17 7.17 17.72 2 4 9 2 4 Cubs 2005 34 -1 4.47 43 0 46.1 27 5.24 9.71 1 5 0 3 3 Cubs/Devil Rays CAREER 12 3.90 264 1 302.1 241 7.17 12.15 14 23 44 18 19 LG AVG 0 4.25 302.1 223 6.64 12.76 17 17
4) Today’s birthdays–
SANDY KOUFAX, AGE: 70 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1963 27 40 1.88 40 40 311 306 8.86 7.96 25 5 0 21 9 Dodgers 1965 29 40 2.04 43 41 336 382 10.23 7.82 26 8 2 23 11 Dodgers 1966 30 58 1.73 41 41 323 317 8.83 8.86 27 9 0 28 8 Dodgers CAREER 220 2.76 397 314 2325 2396 9.27 10.02 165 87 9 161 91 LG AVG 0 3.70 2325 1438 5.57 11.97 129 129 TOM MURPHY, AGE: 60 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1969 23 -15 4.21 36 35 216 100 4.17 12.63 10 16 0 11 15 Angels 1970 24 -23 4.24 39 38 227 99 3.93 12.33 16 13 0 11 18 Angels 1971 25 -11 3.78 37 36 243 89 3.30 11.81 6 17 0 10 13 Angels CAREER -41 3.78 439 147 1443.1 621 3.87 12.35 68 101 59 81 88 LG AVG 0 3.59 1443.1 852 5.31 12.04 80 80 A.J. PIERZYNSKI, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 11 .360 .464 .824 .566 5.92 .312 11 74 3 137 Twins 2004 27 -23 .319 .410 .729 .344 3.81 .272 11 77 0 131 Giants 2005 28 -12 .308 .420 .728 .412 4.14 .257 18 56 0 128 White Sox CAR -27 .330 .434 .765 .462 4.74 .287 55 326 6 689 LG AVG 0 .335 .430 .765 .500 5.05 .268 75 310 39 POS AVG -68 .313 .390 .703 .396 4.02 .254 59 278 10
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